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The First Minister was joined by Glasgow Housing Association chair Gordon Sloan (left) and Loretto Care chair James Muir (right) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has officially opened an innovative new learning centre designed to support people receiving care and support.

The Maryhill cyclists about to set off Maryhill Housing colleagues got on their bike this week for some canalside cycling in the sun.

It is with great sadness that the staff and committee of Elderpark Housing Association announce the death of Christine Murphy, the Association’s director. Christine passed away peacefully on Saturday 16th July after a short illness. Christine had worked for the Association for 33 years, having fir

Kirsty Reid The chair of Moray Housing Partnership (MHP) has said its governance changes are now complete with the appointment of two new committee members.

Kevin Stewart The average time for a planning decision to be made on major developments has fallen by 17 per cent on the previous year, according to new Scottish Government figures.

Wheatley Group is the highest-placed large organisation in a league table of the UK’s best 50 social landlords, as judged by national housing magazine 24housing. Wheatley’s focus on innovation, quality and improvement, and its work in “Making homes and lives better” for thousands of people a

Lynn Cunningham Craigowl Communities, part of the Hillcrest Group, has been shortlisted in the Care and Support Organisation category at the 24housing Awards.

Yvette Burgess Yvette Burgess, unit director at the Housing Support Enabling Unit, blogs on the Better Futures framework, a pioneering initiative with two simple aims: to help improve the quality of life of people using housing support services across Scotland and to enable organisations to plan and

The time periods proposed by the Scottish Government for the new version of Local Development Plans and the provision of homes in rural areas are still areas of concern despite some positives moves to change the planning system, Savills has warned. The property organisation has broadly welcomed the

A lack of storage and difficulty keeping rooms warm are their biggest household concerns facing Scottish homeowners, according to a new survey. Research conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust shows Scotland is a nation of home improvers with 65 per cent of us having carried out

HRH with Forgewood Housing Co-op management staff & committee A community centre part funded by Forgewood Housing Co-operative was given a royal opening last week.

Over half a million UK homeowners aged 55 or over are unwittingly blocking family homes because they want to move but can’t due to a lack of suitable housing, a new report has found. According to the annual homeowner survey conducted by YouGov for HomeOwners Alliance and BLP Insurance, one in five

An empty schoolhouse in Wester Ross will be transformed into two affordable dwellings thanks to an innovative funding package secured by The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) and the Coigach Community Development Company. Secured with support from the Scottish Government, the Nationw

Almond Housing Association has been successful in securing continued Scottish Government People and Communities Funding for its energy advice project. The funding extension allows the Association to offer the Almond Energy Action service to tenants for another year.

Lesley Palmer, chief architect at Stirling University’s Dementia Services Development Centre, considers the importance of the ‘Older Persons' Walkable Neighbourhood’ when considering Housing Land Audits and the allocation of development sites for older people housing. As an Architect with a Ma